Cigarette holder



March 20, 1951 C, E, LEW|5 2,546,127

CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Jan. 26, 1944 INVENTOR. C hdr/e5 E ew/ls f7TTOR/VEY Patented Mar. 20,:*1951 UNITED AS TATES PATEN OF FI C E"'I'GETTE HIR Charles E. Lewis, Trail-:City,S. Dak.

'Application January 26, 1944,SeriarNo."519,752

(CLfl'SIr-IS) r3Claims. -l My invention pertains to a cigarette holder.Anbject of my inventioni's-to provide'a cigaretteiholider ywhichwwillrmlyretain a cigarette therein.

-A furtherfobjectof my invention is to provide such va holderwherein-'by simple manual operation the cigarette-butt canbe madeto-drofp out of the holder.

A further-object ofmy invention is to v'provide a reamed conical-portionatthefrend of the holder whereby a cigarette will be snugly heldthereagainst,and will allowthecigarette to fall out ofthesame, so that'it`wil1`not A'be necessary to removie the "cigarette by means of eXtratools or the like.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple arrangementwhich is neat in appeai-, ance, simple in operation, and requires veryfew parts.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of mydevice, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the preferred type of holder taken alongthe longitudinal axis thereof,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a plan View of Figure 2 showing the device after thecigarette butt is removed,

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional detail View taken along the lines 4-4of Figure l, and

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a portion of Figure l with the housing2U being removed, but with the spring 25 shown in position.

My invention contemplates a provision of a cigarette holder in which thecigarette need only be inserted a very short distance, and yet will bermly supported, with cooperant means for causing the cigarette stub tofall out after it is smoked without requiring the use of any extra toolsor devices to remove the same.

I have used the character III to designate the body or member of theholder, the character II the mouth portion and the character I2 thecentral opening therein. At the end of the holder I provide asulbstantially conical depression I3 which communicates with the openingI2, and the cigarette I4 is inserted into the opening I3 so that its endperiphery is snugly engaged therein. A button I5 is pivotally attachedat I6 to a pair of arms I1 which are pivotally attached at I8 to themember I0. The arms I1 extend downwardly -through-suitable l slots lli)fifn a metal housing :'23 and facrbss' the 4`body -Ill,-"a`nd'aref-pivotallyattachedf at 2 I lto lfthe small roller? 22 The member I0includesa cut awayportionat 2'3for receiving the roller 'Q2-,fandattached -fat =24 -to-a portionof the mtal-housingfis a-.leaff-'spriiig25-havingfthe curved lend V26. lAlso-pivotally lattached at 2| are apairof-farm'sZl lwhich'extend downwardly ft'o 'the aforesaid `pivotingpoint 12 I, and extend `through the out `Aoutportier-1sI or slots 285infthe.` housing- 2 k`wli'ere'fthey then terminate in thearcuategripping jaws'29.v The portions 2l Inorn'iallyfa'relfadapt'edf-to spring outwardly shown in Figure '13 when fthe-y are ireleased from Ithefside's of theslotsi28.

The cigarette is inserted as explained above. The button I5 is thenpushed forwardly toward the cigarette, which operation carries theroller 22 to the position shown in Figure l and also carries the members2l in the same direction as that of the roller. This movement of themembers 21 causes the jaws 29 to compress against the end periphery ofthe cigarette whereby it is grasped and held firmly in the holder.

When the cigarette burns down to the desired length, the button I5 isforced toward the end II of the holder, which operation carries theroller 22 against the spring tension of the spring portion 2E, theroller being shown by the dotted construction in Figure 1. At the sametime the members 2l are forced away from the holder with the cut outportions at 28 allowing them to spring apart, whereby the jaws 29 willalso spring apart and the cigarette will fall out of the opening sinceit is then entirely unrestricted.

It will be understood that in the construction shown in Figure l themember Ill includes out out portions to allow the arms I'I to pass downwardly without bending of the arms, such cut ouiI portions extendingfrom the eXtreme left hand or forward end of the body I0 to the surface3l) at the right as seen in Fig. 5. Even though this end is cut away,the cigarettes will be firmly held by virtue of the firm engagement ofthe gripping jaws.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of theparts of my invention without departing from the real spirit and purposeof my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modiedforms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may bereasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

l. -A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece having a cigarettereceiving end portion, said end portion having a substantially conicaldepression therein for receiving a cigarette end snugly, means forgripping said cigarette to rmly hold the same, said means including apair of jaws adapted to snugly engage portions of said cigarette, armsattached to said jaws, other arms pivotally attached to saidfirst-mentioned arms whereby pivotal movement of said other arms willretract said jaws, said other arms being pivotally attached to saidmouthpiece, and a button pivotally attached at the upper extremity ofsaid other arms.

2. A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece having a cigarettereceiving end portion, said end portion having a substantially conicaldepression therein for receiving a cigarette end snugly, means forgripping said cigarette to rmly hold the same, said means including apair of jaws adapted to snugly engage portions of said cigarette, armsattached to said jaws, other arms pivotally attached to saidfirst-mentioned arms whereby pivotal movement of said other arms willretract said jaws, said other arms being pivotally attached to saidmouthpiece, a button pivotally attached at the upper extremity of saidother arms, a roller attached at the lower end of said other arms, and aspring for retaining said roller in selected position.

3. A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece having a cigarettereceiving end portion, said end portion having a substantially conicaldepression therein for receiving a cigarette end snugly, means forgripping said cigarette to rmly hold the same, said means including apair of spring urged jaws adapted to snugly engage portions 4 of saidcigarette, arms attached to said jaws, other arms pivotally attached tosaid first-mentioned arms whereby pivotal movement of said other armswill retract said jaws, said other arms being pivotally attached to saidmouthpiece, a button pivotally attached at the upper extremity of saidother arms, a roller attached at the lower end of said other arms, aspring for retaining said roller in selected position, saidfirst-mentioned arms being normally spring-urged outwardly, and slots insaid mouthpiece receiving said first-mentioned arms whereby inwardmovement of the inst-mentioned arms will cause said jaws to close.

CHARLES E. LEWIS.

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